20th Century American Literature - General & Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism, 20th Century American Literature - Post WWII - Literary Criticism, Women Authors - American (U.S.) - Literary Criticism, African American Literature - Literary Criticism
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Toni Morrison is universally recognized for reclaiming the occluded narratives of African-American history and the Africanist presence in American national identity. This revised version of Toni Morrison (Macmillan Modern Novelists, 1995) highlights the extent to which her work invokes, often subversively, familiar African-American and Euro-American verbal narratives and is engaged by the histories that are obscured, distorted or occluded in them. Reviewing Morrison's career over nearly thirty years, from The Bluest Eye to Paradise, this recently revised study suggests that as her work has become more specifically concerned with particular episodes or events in black history, it has also become more involved in the complexities of historiography. In this new edition, there is more emphasis upon critical debates that Morrison's fiction has generated and the different theoretical approaches that may be taken to her work.Editorials
Booknews
In this revised edition of his critical study of the works of author and Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison, Peach (literature, Loughborough U.) continues his exploration of Morrison's extensive and complex use of verbal narrative, not only of the slave, but also of the black folktale, the Southern Romance, the American city novel, the utopian narrative and others. He argues that Morrison's work is based on her knowledge of how these narratives have been instrumental in the fate of historical accounts, prioritizing some, obscuring others, and that as her work has progressed, it demonstrates an increasing awareness of the complexities of historiography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
October 1, 2000
Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.
Pages
203
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312233976